(a) Statistics are calculated as the original balance on current account as a percentage of the seasonally adjusted current price gross domestic product, except for Japan and Germany, where real gross national product replaces gross domestic product.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD.

Balance of payments(a)(b), Current balance

Period

United States

Japan

Germany

France

Italy

United Kingdom

Canada

China

India

Australia

New Zealand

Annual (US $ billion)

2005-06

-834.5

64.7

184.4

-43.3

-20.3

-87.4

49.8

123.8

-45.6

-10.4

-4.4

2006-07

-827.2

80.8

240.3

-52.1

-17.5

-156.4

41.0

235.2

-64.4

-10.2

-4.3

2007-08

-837.5

80.9

298.1

-86.9

-12.9

-192.2

43.7

247.7

-89.3

-19.0

-3.5

Seasonally adjusted (US $ billion)

2007-2008

October

-67.7

9.0

23.6

-6.4

-1.4

-16.2

3.5

20.8

-6.0

-2.5

-0.1

November

-71.7

7.6

26.6

-7.6

-0.7

-16.9

3.0

20.3

-7.1

-1.8

-0.2

December

-69.5

5.7

24.5

-7.8

-2.5

-15.4

1.9

19.9

-6.9

-1.4

-0.1

January

-70.2

8.7

24.0

-6.7

-1.0

-16.0

2.8

21.5

-7.5

-2.5

-0.1

February

-72.5

6.1

24.1

-5.8

0.8

-15.6

5.2

18.1

-7.7

-2.9

-0.1

March

-68.4

6.7

25.7

-7.9

-1.5

-15.5

4.0

19.6

-9.5

-1.5

-0.6

April

-73.0

6.0

27.6

-9.0

-1.9

-15.2

6.8

20.9

-9.0

-0.7

-0.4

May

-72.1

4.6

24.3

-8.5

0.1

-15.7

4.5

19.8

-9.5

-1.0

-0.6

June

-71.3

0.8

26.3

-9.6

-1.3

-16.6

4.3

18.2

-9.7

-0.6

-0.3

2008-2009

July

-74.1

0.4

20.9

-10.5

-1.4

-16.2

6.2

23.0

-10.0

-0.8

-0.4

August

-71.1

-3.2

22.3

-9.3

-3.3

-14.8

4.7

26.5

-14.1

0.7

-0.3

September

-69.5

-0.8

19.5

-8.3

-2.2

-13.6

4.3

28.5

-10.7

1.2

-0.6

October

-69.1

-2.2

19.0

-10.0

-2.4

-12.7

3.1

25.6

-8.9

2.0

-0.3

November

-52.4

-4.0

14.8

-9.4

-0.7

-12.7

1.0

36.5

nya

nya

-0.2

December

nya

-1.6

nya

nya

nya

nya

nya

nya

nya

nya

-0.2

nya not yet available

(a) All series are exports (fob) less imports (cif) except for Canada and Australia where imports are also fob. Data are measured on a foreign trade basis.